The Bank Dick

Name: The Bank Dick
Director: Edward F. Cline
Released: 1940
Duration: 72 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn Del Rio, Jessie Ralph

1940 · 72 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 7,970 VOTES · DIR. Edward F. Cline

Overview

Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a bank guard. Soon, he is approached by charlatan J. Frothingham Waterbury about buying shares in a mining company. Egbert persuades teller Og Oggilby to lend him bank money, to be returned when the scheme pays off. Unfortunately, bank inspector Snoopington then makes a surprise appearance.

Dialogue Timeline — 970 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:48 Egbert Souse?

00:04:34 Og, I'd like you to meet my father.

00:07:55 Hello?

00:10:43 Oh.

00:13:16 It's all right. You're doing all right.

00:16:14 Help! Help! Police!

00:19:11 I'll teach you when you grow up.

00:21:54 - That was a great stunt your father pulled today. - Huh?

00:24:22 Every time I come in here, you've got your hat on.

00:27:01 If you recognize me, you go...

00:30:29 - Huh? - The point I'm trying to make is:

00:32:51 - Beer? - Beer!

00:35:30 Mommy, doesn't that man have a funny nose?

00:38:26 - Hello, Og. - Hello, dear.

00:40:57 A little constitutional couldn't possibly hurt.

00:43:54 No, no, please.

00:46:29 Come now, Mr. Snoopington. Let's pull ourselves together now.

00:49:46 - What's the name? - J. Pinkerton Snoopington.

00:52:31 How-dee-do, Mr. Skinner?

00:54:45 Come in.

00:57:36 Did I see that bank examiner here?

01:00:56 - Paper, mister? - How'd Gumlegs come out in the fourth today?

01:03:44 - He took Mr. Sousè? - He certainly did, right from under my contract.

01:09:33 as well as a contract for you to bring it to the screen.

Cast & Characters

W.C. Fields Egbert Sousé Cora Witherspoon Agatha Sousé Una Merkel Myrtle Sousé Evelyn Del Rio Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousé Jessie Ralph Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch Franklin Pangborn J. Pinkerton Snoopington Shemp Howard Joe Guelpe Dick Purcell Mackley Q. Greene Grady Sutton Og Oggilby Russell Hicks J. Frothingham Waterbury

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed970

Dialogue density13.5 lines / min

First line00:01:48

Final line01:09:33

Production Record

DirectorEdward F. Cline

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes7,970